Watermelon

Watermelon is the name of a new AI model that Meta is reportedly planning to unveil in October. Think of it like a car: Hatch, the paid assistant service, is the visible body of the car, while Watermelon is the engine that actually drives it. When a user asks it to order food from DoorDash or organize a schedule, Watermelon is reportedly the "brain" that understands and carries out the request.

Over the past few months, Meta has released a series of models under the Muse name. It's reportedly still undecided whether Watermelon will join this Muse family or stand on its own as a separately named model. The name itself sounds like it could belong to a fruit-themed series, but there's no confirmation that Meta actually follows such a naming convention.

Articles use it in sentences like, "The new model set to power Hatch is reportedly named Watermelon, with an October launch targeted." A common misreading here is assuming Watermelon is automatically the successor to the Muse series — but the original reporting is careful to note that whether it will join the Muse lineup is still undecided.